Chapman Rocks
| Chapman Rocks | ||
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| Waters | Hero Bay , Drake Street | |
| archipelago | South Shetland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 30 ′ S , 60 ° 29 ′ W | |
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The Chapman Rocks are a group of reef rocks in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . They are 5.5 km southwest of Desolation Island in Hero Bay on Livingston Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1962 after Thomas Chapman, a furrier from Bermondsey who had developed a method of using sealskin for hatters in 1795 .
Web links
- Chapman Rocks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chapman Rocks on geographic.org (English)